About Drake Thadzi
Born 1964. Drake Thadzi is a Malawian boxer.
Drake Thadzi (born November 23, 1964, in Lilongwe) is a Malawian former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1998, twice challenging for a light heavyweight world title in 1995 and 1998. As am amateur, he competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Amateur career Thadzi represented Malawi at the 1984 Olympics; he was decisioned in the second round of competition in the light heavyweight division (– 81 kg) by Algeria's eventual bronze medalist Mustapha Moussa.
Professional career Soon afterwards Thadzi turned professional. He challenged Virgil Hill for the WBA light heavyweight world title in 1995 but lost a decision.
Thadzi scored his career best win in 1997, when he upset three-time world champion James Toney via majority decision at the Foxwoods Casino. At that point Thadzi appeared primed to fight for a title but manager Goody Petronelli inexplicably failed to get him a fight during the next 15 months. Thadzi finished his career with only two more fights after the Toney win. He scored a technical knockout victory over "Iceman" John Scully and lost a WBO light heavyweight world match to Dariusz Michalczewski, before retiring in 1998 with a record of 30 wins, 9 losses, 1 draw, with 25 of his wins coming by knockout.
Professional boxing record
Loss
TKO 9 12/12/1998
Win
TKO 7 02/08/1998
Win
MD 12 14/05/1997
Win
TKO 9 19/10/1996
Loss
UD 12 02/09/1995
Win
KO 2 19/05/1995
Win
KO 2 04/03/1995
Win
PTS 8 01/10/1994
Win
TKO 3 04/06/1994
Loss
MD 10 13/05/1993
Loss
UD 10 16/01/1993
Win
PTS 8 08/05/1992
Loss
KO 8 28/02/1992
Win
TKO 3 12/12/1991
Win
TKO 5 23/08/1991
Win
TKO 8 04/08/1991
Win
TKO 3 31/05/1991
Loss
UD 10 28/02/1991
Win
KO 6 14/09/1990
Win
KO 3 22/06/1990
Win
KO 5 23/02/1990
Loss
KO 4 19/01/1990
Win
UD 6 20/10/1989
Loss
PTS 6 12/09/1989
Win
KO 5 09/06/1989
Win
TKO 1 28/04/1989
Win
KO 5 30/03/1989
Win
TKO 2 10/12/1988
Win
TKO 1 22/10/1988
Win
TKO 2 30/07/1988
Loss
TKO 4 24/11/1987
Draw
PTS 6 29/09/1987
Win
TKO 3 20/09/1987
Win
TKO 2 07/07/1987
Win
KO 8 09/03/1986
Win
KO 3 09/02/1986
Win
KO 5 02/11/1985
Win
PTS 6 29/06/1985
Win
KO 3 24/02/1985
Win
KO 2 28/12/1984
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Who is Drake Thadzi?
Malawian boxer
When was Drake Thadzi born?
Drake Thadzi was born on 23 November 1964 in Lilongwe.
What is Drake Thadzi's occupation?
Drake Thadzi is a boxer.
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Drake Thadzi is Malawian.
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